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Somabar, the winner of the 2016 CES Best of Innovation award for home appliances, is the latest and greatest in bartending technology. Somabar is a robotic bartender for your home that allows you to easily share and mix cocktail recipes with anyone in the world over WiFi. Somabar incorporates WiFi connectivity, built-in sensors, electronic ingredient tagging, and automated cleaning to
One of the biggest brands in portable power, Varta's range goes from watch cells to car batteries. As well as the all-too-familiar AAs, Varta has a pile of products for the power hungry smartphone and tablet user. With the increasing popularity of wireless charging, it's not unsurprising that Varta is bringing a Qi charger to market. Unlike many of the
Google has joined the ranks of AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile with their new mobile carrier service, Project Fi. Project Fi, which is exclusive to owners of Google's Nexus 6 smartphone, offers a completely new take on wireless plans. Most carriers charge a flat rate for a specific amount of data, even when you don't use it all, but Project Fi only charges you for the
When I got my first cell phone in 1995, I opted for a plan that included a whopping 60 minutes of monthly airtime. Back then, cell phones were still looked at as "emergency contact devices" by most people. But much has changed in the last two decades. Today, cell phones are ubiquitous and there's an expectation that we can use
Pocket-Wouldn’t it be cool if you could carry around a big screen smart TV in your pocket? Actually, that is now possible. I recently purchased a Lumex Picomax Smartpod pocket pico projector via Amazon.Com. A pico projector is a miniature pocket-sized projector that typically has a built-in battery that can also be operated off of AC household current. Pico projectors
The 10 billionth Wi-Fi-certified device will be shipping around now. That's impressive considering that Wi-Fi is still young, going back only 15 years. I remember 802.11b and my first Wi-Fi PCI card which had an antenna the size of a pack of playing cards. Those were the days. Anyway, Don Blaine, the Gadget Professor, gets a little more up-to-date with
A few years ago I was lucky enough to visit Kitt Peak in Arizona for an astronomy night and it will be one of the highlights of my life. It was a revelationary moment when I looked up and saw the Milky Way properly for the first time; I was used to seeing a few bright stars with a few